SB2880 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2880

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Kyle McCarter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 571/10
30 ILCS 571/15
30 ILCS 571/17 new

Amends the Project Labor Agreements Act. Provides that the State Board of Education, the Capital Development Board, and the board of education of any school district shall not require a project labor agreement for any school construction project or any school construction project grant or debt service grant.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Project Labor Agreements Act is amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 and by adding Section 17 as follows:

(30 ILCS 571/10)

Sec. 10. Public works projects. Except as provided in Section 17 of this Act, on On a project-by-project basis, a State department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality that is under the control of the Governor shall include a project labor agreement on a public works project when that department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality has determined that the agreement advances the State's interests of cost, efficiency, quality, safety, timeliness, skilled labor force, labor stability, or the State's policy to advance minority-owned and women-owned businesses and minority and female employment.

(Source: P.A. 97-199, eff. 7-27-11.)

(30 ILCS 571/15)

Sec. 15. Public works projects funded with federal funds. Except as provided in Section 17 of this Act, when When it has been determined that a project labor agreement is appropriate, and in furtherance of the President's Executive Order 13502, the State department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality responsible for awarding the project may include a project labor agreement on a public works project funded in whole or in part with federal funds.

(Source: P.A. 97-199, eff. 7-27-11.)

(30 ILCS 571/17 new)

Sec. 17. School construction projects; grants. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the State Board of Education, the Capital Development Board, and the board of education of any school district shall not require a project labor agreement for any school construction project or any school construction project grant or debt service grant provided under the School Construction Law.